A vision of Wichita as a ‘Somewhere’: Eclectic music and arts festival returns for second year
After debuting last year as Elsewhere Fest, the two-day festival and conference is back this weekend with a new name, fewer stages, same ambition.
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‘Hobo codes’ public art tracks the past alongside the present
In downtown Wichita, Jeff Best's Hobo Code Railings is tucked beneath an underpass. The art piece celebrates past nomadic life but permanently sits in a place where homelessness is present.
Cultural/curatorial transmissions: “Bold Women” at the Spencer Museum of Art
On the campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, art across generations reveals the past as present. "Bold Women" is on view through July 6.
A steady visual rhythm: Taylar Sanders and Harold Smith at Mulberry Art Gallery
An exhibition of paintings by Kansas City artists Taylar Sanders and Harold Smith offers an invitation to witness blackness in full bloom. It's on view at Mulberry Art Gallery through May 16 and Harvester Arts through April 25.
Art in three dimensions: ‘Topeka Competition 34’ at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
Artist Mona Cliff selected the 3D works in this iteration of the annual competition, on view at the Sabatini Gallery through May 11.
Inventing new patterns: Abby Ausherman at Harvester Arts
In her Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition "Anatomy of a Bond," the artist explores the rich territory of quilting-as-metaphor. It's on view through April 26.
Hidden in plain sight: Ernest Trova’s 'GOX #4'
This installment in an ongoing series about the City of Wichita's public art collection examines a 1975 steel sculpture on long-term loan to the city from Fidelity Bank.
Mixed-media style: 'The Future is Fashion' at Envision Arts Gallery
The exhibition of fashion-inspired artworks and wearable pieces is on view at the Envision Arts Gallery and Community Engagement Center through May 30.
'Creepy, spooky, and downright terrifying': Joe Worley releases second horror comic anthology
"Death Itself, Vol. 2" includes work by Worley and fellow Wichita artists Dustin Parker and Suspicious Glaze. It's on sale later this month.